A ‘debris field’ has been discovered within the search area for the missing Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard has just announced.

The debris field was found by a remotely operated vehicle deployed by Horizon Arctic, a Canadian vessel.

Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information, the coast guard has said.

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The ROV (remotely operated vehicle) which is equipped with cameras and sonar, had successfully managed to reach the sea floor.

The US Coast Guard had predicted that the air supply in the vessel would run out at lunchtime in the UK today.

The five members on board the ship that had been travelling to try and visit the wreck of the Titanic earlier today used up their final remaining oxygen tanks, it was reported.

Search efforts have been ramped up today, with at least 10 vessels using sonar detection to try and track down the crew.

The French research vessel L’Atalante arrived in the search zone at around 2am, and is carrying the Victor 6000.

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Yesterday ‘noises’ that were believed to be the crew banging were picked up by ships close to the area in Newfoundland, Canada, where they went missing.

The OceanGate Expeditions vessel was first reported missing on Sunday, as the crew including British explorer Hamish Harding along with the CEO of the diving company Stockton Rush had not resurfaced.

French submersible pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet and the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, along with his son Sulaiman, were also travelling on the sub.

Assistance from the Royal Air Force (RAF) is due to arrive in St John’s on Thursday after it confirmed a request was received overnight for help with movement of additional commercial equipment.

Two RAF planes, a C-17 Globemaster and A400 Atlas, departed RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland on Thursday.

A British submariner and equipment from a UK firm has been sent to help the search at the request of the US Coastguard, Downing Street said.

Royal Navy submariner Lieutenant Commander Richard Kantharia, who was on exchange with the US Navy, has been seconded to the search and rescue team.

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